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AIDS HIV and/or AIDS is a life threatening disease that is affecting society today. It is a serious epidemic that is threatening millions of lives ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT DOES “AIDS” MEAN? AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: • Acquired means you can get infected with it. • Immune ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS AMPRENAVIR? Amprenavir is a drug used as part of antiretroviral therapy (ART). It is also called Agenerase®. It was manufactured ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet www.aidsinfonet.org Fact Sheet Number 505 DEMENTIA and NERVOUS SYSTEM PROBLEMS WHAT ARE NERVOUS SYSTEM PROBLEMS? The nervous system ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS MEDICINE? AYURVEDIC www.aidsinfonet.org Fact Sheet Number 702 AYURVEDIC MEDICINE HOW IS AYURVEDIC MEDICINE ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS ESSIAC? Essiac is a tea made from four herbs. A Canadian nurse named Rene Caisse developed it in 1922. She said the formula ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS KS? Kaposi’s sarcoma (KS) is a cancer-like disease. It originally was known as a disease affecting elderly men of Eastern ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO APPROVE NEW DRUGS? Developing a new drug can take 10 years or more. First, drug companies must find ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS LIPODYSTROPHY? Lipodystrophy, or “lipo” for short, is a collection of body shape changes in people taking antiretroviral medicati ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet HOW SERIOUS WOMEN? IS HIV FOR www.aidsinfonet.org Fact Sheet Number 610 WOMEN AND HIV Only 7% of AIDS cases reported in 1985 in the ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS MAC? Mycobacterium Avium Complex (MAC) is a serious illness caused by common bacteria. MAC is also known as MAI (Mycobacterium ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS PENTAMIDINE? Pentamidine (sold as NebuPent®, Pentam®, and Pentacarinat®) is a treatment for pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP). See ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet www.aidsinfonet.org Fact Sheet Number 106 HIV LIFE CYCLE 2 Binding and Fusion: Virus binds to 1 Free Virus 3 Infection: ... more>>
AIDS InfoNet WHAT IS HEPATITIS? Hepatitis means an inflammation, or swelling, of the liver. Viruses can cause hepatitis. Alcohol, drugs (including ... more>>